This screen is accessed from the back-end Joomla! administrator panel. It is used to add or edit banner tracks.

How to Access

Select Components → Banners → Tracks from the drop-down menu of the Joomla! Administrator Panel. You can also select the 'Tracks' menu link from the Banner Categories Manager, Banner Manager or the Banner Tracks Manager.

Description

The Banner Tracks Manager is where you can edit existing Banner Tracks or create new ones.

Screenshot

Column Headers

Click on the column heading to sort the list by that column's value.

Name.

Client. The name of the Banner Client. You may click on the name to open the Client for editing.

Category.

Type.

Count.

Date.

List Filters

Filter by Begin and End Date

Filter by Client, Category and Type

Toolbar

At the top right you will see the toolbar:

The functions are:

Export. Export banner tracking information in a CSV file. Options to name the file and compress it after the button is clicked.

Delete. Deletes the selected tracks. Works with one or multiple tracks selected.

Options. Opens the Options window where settings such as default parameters or permissions can be edited.

Help. Opens this help screen.

Options

Click the Options button to open the Banner Manager Options window which lets you configure this component.

Buttons Common to All Tabs

Save. Saves the banner options and stays in the current screen.

Save & Close. Saves the banner options and closes the current screen.

Cancel/Close. Closes the current screen and returns to the previous screen without saving any modifications you may have made.

Client Options Tab

Purchase Type. (Unlimited/Yearly/Monthly/Weekly/Daily) This is used to indicate how the banner client purchased the display time for the banner

Track Impressions. (Yes/No) Whether or not to count how many times a Banner is displayed.

Track Clicks. (Yes/No) Whether or not to count how many times a Banner is clicked.

Meta Keyword Prefix. When matching keywords (for matching Banners to Articles based on Keywords), only search for keywords with this prefix. This can improve performance.

Permissions Tab

This screen allows you to set the component permissions in Joomla. This is important to consider if you have sites with many different user categories all of whom need to have different accessibilities to the component. The screenshot below describes what you should see and the text below that describes what each permission level gives the user access to:

You work on one Group at a time by opening the slider for that group. You change the permissions in the Select New Settings drop-down list boxes. The options for each value are Inherited, Allowed, or Denied. The Calculated Setting column shows you the setting in effect. It is either Not Allowed (the default), Allowed, or Denied. Note that the Calculated Setting column is not updated until you press the Save button in the toolbar. To check that the settings are what you want, press the Save button and check the Calculated Settings column.

Open the banners component option screens (the modal window these options are in)

Access Administration Interface

Open the banners component manger screens

Create

Create new banners in the component

Delete

Delete existing banners in the component

Edit

Edit existing banners in the component

Edit State

Change an banners state (Publish, Unpublish, Archive, and Trash) in the component.

There are two very important points to understand from this screen. The first is to see how the permissions can be inherited from the parent Group. The second is to see how you can control the default permissions by Group and by Action. This provides a lot of flexibility. For example, if you wanted Shop Suppliers to be able to have the ability to create an article about their product, you could just change their Create value to "Allowed". If you wanted to not allow members of Administrator group to delete objects or change their state, you would change their permissions in these columns to Inherited (or Denied). It is also important to understand that the ability to have child groups is completely optional. It allows you to save some time when setting up new groups. However, if you like, you can set up all groups to have Public as the parent and not inherit any permissions from a parent group.

Toolbar Links

At the top left, above the Filter, you will see the following four links: